Dr. Sun's research lies at the intersection of energy science, functional materials, and advanced manufacturing. The focus of his lab at Penn State is on co-designing materials, structures, and manufacturing processes across hierarchical length scales, particularly advancing in energy conversion and storage, thermal management, sensing, and detections.
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Recent Publications
Deep P-C Interface Reconstruction for High-Performance Potassium Storage
Chen, W., Deng, H., Guo, Y., Chen, S., Yuan, Y., Jia, X., Zhang, Q., Zhao, Q., Guo, X., Sun, H., Zhu, J. & Lu, B., Feb 26 2025, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 35, 9, 2416361.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Selective Catalysis-Mediated Interface to Stabilize Antimony Atom-Cluster Anode for Robust Potassium-Ion Batteries
Chen, S., Yu, F., Deng, H., Chen, W., Sun, H., Zhu, J. & Lu, B., Oct 27 2025, In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 64, 44, e202511870.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Tailoring Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Advancing Quasi-Solid-State Batteries
Duan, L., Zhang, J., Alcoutlabi, M. & Sun, H., Jun 23 2025, In: Advanced Materials Interfaces. 12, 12, 2401028.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Active and passive high-entropy shell enabling high rate and durable sodium manganese hexacyanoferrate cathode for sodium ion batteries
Han, J., Xu, C., Zhao, J., Sun, H., Zhang, X. & Wang, G., Apr 30 2025, In: Journal of Power Sources. 636, 236577.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Promoting Robust Potassium Storage via Engineered Zn─S Bond
Jia, X., Chen, H., Sun, H., Zhu, J. & Lu, B., Aug 26 2025, In: Advanced Energy Materials. 15, 32, 2501487.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Multilayer Composite Electrodes for Simultaneously Improved Mechanical and Electrochemical Performance
Nie, B., Wang, T. W., Lee, S. W. & Sun, H., Feb 12 2025, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 17, 6, p. 9452-9459 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Probing cold sintering-regulated interfaces and integration of polymer-in-ceramic solid-state electrolytes
Nie, B., Wang, T. W., Lee, S. W., Zhang, J. & Sun, H., Apr 2025, In: Materials Today Energy. 49, 101829.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
All-in-one cathode design for all-solid-state batteries
Sun, H., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Nature Reviews Materials.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Micron Size NaCrO2 Particles Enable High-loading Dry-processed Electrode for Sodium Ion Batteries
Wu, J., Tang, W., Yang, H., Lee, D. J., Xu, D., Li, F., Qin, J., Kim, S., Gao, H., Jeon, Y., Tran, D., Chen, Y., Mu, A., Bian, W., Sun, H. & Chen, Z., Jun 12 2025, In: Small. 21, 23, 2501504.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Interface engineering and integration of ceramic-polymer composites via cold sintering process
Zhang, J., Gomez, E. D. & Sun, H., Nov 15 2025, In: Composites Part B: Engineering. 307, 112929.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Potassium storage behavior and low-temperature performance of typical carbon anodes in potassium-ion hybrid capacitors enabled by Co-intercalation graphite chemistry
Zhang, H., Zhao, J., Ren, C., King, S., Sun, H., Zhang, X. & Wang, G., Feb 2025, In: Carbon. 233, 119868.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Nickel Regulating Endows Fe7Se8 With Stable Potassium-Ion Storage
Zhao, Q., Yu, F., Yuan, Y., Chen, S., Chen, W., Deng, H., Guo, X., Sun, H., Chen, H. & Zhu, J., Mar 2025, In: Carbon Neutralization. 4, 2, e70007.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Boosting the Sodium-Ion Transport and Surface Pseudocapacitance of a SnO2 Nanoflower at a High Mass Loading Level for High Areal Capacity and Fast Sodium-Ion Storage
Guo, K. X., Zhang, Y. H., Wang, Q., Yu, D. W., Zhang, Y. G., Ji, P. G., Khalilov, U., Wang, G. K., Zhang, X., Wang, K., Song, Y. X., Zhong, X. B., Sun, H. T. & Liang, J. F., Jun 14 2024, In: ACS Applied Nano Materials. 7, 11, p. 12304-12311 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Cold Sintering Halide-in-Oxide Composite Solid-State Electrolytes with Enhanced Ionic Conductivity
Nie, B., Wang, T. W., Lee, S. W. & Sun, H., Dec 11 2024, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 16, 49, p. 67635-67641 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials and Their Assembled Structures and Interfaces for Energy Applications
Sun, H. & Zhu, J., Dec 27 2024, In: ACS Applied Nano Materials. 7, 24, p. 27797-27800 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review